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Magdalena König

@koenigmc.bsky.social

Senior Researcher at MAGGI Research Group @mpil.de Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg. Interested in critical terrorism studies, EU security politics, EU enlargement & civil society. Views are my own

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Ja, wir brauchen Migration - etwa wirtschaftlich. Aber mit diesem "Nützlichkeits-Argument" muss man vorsichtig sein, sagt @danaschmalz.bsky.social.

#aufnahmebereit mit @judithkohlenberger.bsky.social:

🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/59jn...
📺 youtube.com/watch?v=AnQW...

28.07.2025 07:40 — 👍 25    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 0
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Twelve PhD positions (E13, 65%, 48 months) in our new interdisciplinary @dfg.de research training program "Aesthetics of Democracy" @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt. Application deadline November 14, 2025. Program start April 1, 2026. Drop me a note if you need further info.

18.07.2025 16:50 — 👍 65    🔁 50    💬 2    📌 3
Zitat: „Dieser Umgang ist geeignet, die Kandidatin, die beteiligten Institutionen und mittelfristig über den Verfall der angemessenen Umgangskultur die gesamte demokratische Ordnung zu beschädigen.“

Zitat: „Dieser Umgang ist geeignet, die Kandidatin, die beteiligten Institutionen und mittelfristig über den Verfall der angemessenen Umgangskultur die gesamte demokratische Ordnung zu beschädigen.“

Stellungnahme zur Causa „Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf“

Knapp 300 Rechtswissenschaftler:innen, darunter zahlreiche Professor:innen und ehemalige Richter:innen des BVerfG, kritisieren den Umgang mit Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf.

Die gesamte Stellungnahme gibt es hier:

verfassungsblog.de/stellungnahm...

14.07.2025 14:11 — 👍 323    🔁 145    💬 3    📌 9

Thanks to our editors Marek Neuman, @ramseswessel.bsky.social and @thijsdezee.bsky.social from @rug.nl!

08.07.2025 09:41 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A Geopolitical Europe in the Making? This edited book investigates whether ─ and if so, to what extent ─ the European Union began to turn its recently uttered ambition of becoming a geopolitical Union into practice. It does so by bringin...

Check it out (as well as the other brilliant chapters in the book) ➡️ tinyurl.com/2mp3kd3n

08.07.2025 09:41 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Thrilled to see the book “A Geopolitical Europe in the Making?” out!

My chapter on “Governing EU Enlargement Through Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in South-Eastern Europe” shows how preventive counter-terrorism resembles EU state-building strategies in its enlargement policy.

08.07.2025 09:41 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Vacancy — 2 Assistant Professors: International Relations (option a) and EU Politics and Governance (option b The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science with a specializat...

Two vacancies for assistant professor (tenure track) at our Department of Political Science. One on International Relations, the other on EU Politics and Governance.

I may be biased, but would 100% recommend applying. We are a warm, collegial, ambitious department.

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

23.05.2025 09:29 — 👍 32    🔁 27    💬 0    📌 3
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Assistant Professor of Political Science Assistant Professor of Political ScienceThe Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Leiden University is currently looking for at least two (2) assistant professors in Poli...

We're hiring!

Two tenure-track openings for Assistant Professors in Political Science or International Relations.

Sharing = 🙏❤️

www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

20.05.2025 12:30 — 👍 76    🔁 100    💬 0    📌 2

Great to see so many people turn out in Heidelberg to demand the initiation of a party ban of AfD as part of a Germany-wide protest day. The AfD is a threat to German democracy and rule of law and the German state needs to use the lawful means at its disposal to defend itself.

12.05.2025 07:17 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Christoph Sieber gibt Geschichtsnachhilfe 👇

11.05.2025 10:27 — 👍 1047    🔁 615    💬 28    📌 75
MAMA WOLLTE IMMER, DASS DU RAUS GEHST...

JETZT HALT MIT PLAKAT!

HEUTE UM 15 UHR STARTET VOR DEM HEIDELBERGER RATHAUS EINE DEMO FÜR EINE WEHRHAFTE DEMOKRATIE UND DAS VERBOT RECHTSEXTREMISTISCHER PARTEIEN.

SCHENK MAL WAS PRAKTISCHES: PARLAMENTE OHNE FASCHOS!

keinschrittnachrechts.de

MAMA WOLLTE IMMER, DASS DU RAUS GEHST... JETZT HALT MIT PLAKAT! HEUTE UM 15 UHR STARTET VOR DEM HEIDELBERGER RATHAUS EINE DEMO FÜR EINE WEHRHAFTE DEMOKRATIE UND DAS VERBOT RECHTSEXTREMISTISCHER PARTEIEN. SCHENK MAL WAS PRAKTISCHES: PARLAMENTE OHNE FASCHOS! keinschrittnachrechts.de

Die Sonne scheint, die AfD ist gesichert rechtsextremistisch, wir gehen raus, wir sind laut. Mit dir, mit euch, heute! Wir sehen uns spätestens um 15 Uhr am Rathausplatz (14 Uhr startet eine Kunstaktion). Lasst uns als Bündnis ultra viele sein. 🌼🌼🌼

#KeinSchrittnachrechts
#tdgr

11.05.2025 10:19 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Zur AfD-Hochstufung durch den VS: Es gibt viel Unsinn und Strohmänner in der Debatte. Mal die üblichen Punkte: 👇

05.05.2025 11:39 — 👍 1245    🔁 574    💬 30    📌 45
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AfD-Verbot? Rot-Rot-Grün in Bremen will Verfahren einleiten Die AfD ist laut Verfassungsschutz gesichert rechtsextrem, nun will die rot-rot-grüne Koalition in Bremen ein Parteiverbotsverfahren auf den Weg bringen. Ein entsprechender Dringlichkeitsantrag liegt ...

Sehr gut, Bremen prescht voran beim #AfDVerbot 👏

www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

05.05.2025 13:12 — 👍 965    🔁 221    💬 17    📌 22

My argument in a nutshell: The deadlock and the obstacles to enlargement in South East Europe should be a warning to EU leaders not to promise too much and deliver too little. A repetition of South East Europe's accession experience should be avoided with the new and old candidates.

28.04.2025 08:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hot off the press: I have written a blog post for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social about
the recent developments in EU enlargement.

28.04.2025 08:47 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Vacatures bij de RUG Voor het tonen van deze inhoud is uw toestemming nodig voor het plaatsen van bepaalde cookies.

Fully-funded PhD Position in International Relations #ECPRMemberJobs
📅 4 years
🏫 @unigroningen.bsky.social
⌛ Wednesday 30 April
buff.ly/zg1cRyv
#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky

22.04.2025 11:02 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1
PhD in the study of religion and slavery in the context of Dutch colonialism and its afterlives PhD in the study of religion and slavery in the context of Dutch colonialism and its afterlives

*VACANCY*

PhD in the study of religion and slavery in the context of Dutch colonialism and its afterlives at KITLV. Deadline: 16 May 2025 👇

vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Leiden-P...

09.04.2025 06:58 — 👍 21    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 0

The government in Serbia has closed the tap - as of this month they will not be paying our salaries due to student blockades.

03.04.2025 07:15 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Vacatures bij de RUG

My colleague, Jason Resnikoff, and I are excited to announce a call for a well-paid, four-year PhD position to work on an interdisciplinary project focused on the transnational role of unions in the modern democratic public sphere!

www.rug.nl/about-ug/wor...

01.04.2025 07:49 — 👍 8    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 0

One week left to apply!

28.03.2025 06:09 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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PhD position Latin America as an Alternative Starting Point This fully-funded,

We are looking for a PhD student who wants to rethink Historical International Relations/the History of the Social Sciences from Latin America!

Fully funded position with an interdisciplinary supervisory team (Ian Merkel, Konstantin Mierau and myself): www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3505...

27.03.2025 10:53 — 👍 14    🔁 21    💬 0    📌 1

The PhD project: This PhD project explores the international politics of exclusion and investigates the mechanisms by which authoritarian regimes pursue and persecute citizens they have blacklisted for their political beliefs. Its findings will be vital to revealing the cross border patterns and processes of exclusion by authoritarian states, and contribute to our knowledge of how such systems can be resisted by institutes and agents of global democracy.

Funding: This is a fully-funded PhD scholarship, which includes an annual stipend of AU$32,500 and a full waiver of tuition fees. The funding period runs for 3.5 years, and comes with additional research funds to support travel and other costs. 

Location: This is a full-time PhD project based at the University of Adelaide, Australia. The successful candidate must be based in Adelaide for the duration of the PhD project. Unfortunately this position cannot be converted into a part-time role. 

Eligibility: Eligible applicants must have completed a Bachelor’s degree in Politics, Sociology, International Relations or a related social sciences discipline. You must also hold a Master’s degree that has a significant thesis component of 6,000 words or more. There are no nationality constraints.

Desirable (but not essential) qualities: 
Fluency in one of the following languages: Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Hungarian, or Arabic 
Experience in qualitative research methods 

How to apply: Please email, with the subject line “ARC Blacklisting PhD Project”, the following materials to tim.legrand@adelaide.edu.au by the 20th April 2025

Your CV, indicating your qualifications and research experience; 
A sample of your academic writing and/or a copy of your most recent thesis-length work; and
A statement (no more than 500 words) outlining your suitability for the project.

The PhD project: This PhD project explores the international politics of exclusion and investigates the mechanisms by which authoritarian regimes pursue and persecute citizens they have blacklisted for their political beliefs. Its findings will be vital to revealing the cross border patterns and processes of exclusion by authoritarian states, and contribute to our knowledge of how such systems can be resisted by institutes and agents of global democracy. Funding: This is a fully-funded PhD scholarship, which includes an annual stipend of AU$32,500 and a full waiver of tuition fees. The funding period runs for 3.5 years, and comes with additional research funds to support travel and other costs. Location: This is a full-time PhD project based at the University of Adelaide, Australia. The successful candidate must be based in Adelaide for the duration of the PhD project. Unfortunately this position cannot be converted into a part-time role. Eligibility: Eligible applicants must have completed a Bachelor’s degree in Politics, Sociology, International Relations or a related social sciences discipline. You must also hold a Master’s degree that has a significant thesis component of 6,000 words or more. There are no nationality constraints. Desirable (but not essential) qualities: Fluency in one of the following languages: Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, Hungarian, or Arabic Experience in qualitative research methods How to apply: Please email, with the subject line “ARC Blacklisting PhD Project”, the following materials to tim.legrand@adelaide.edu.au by the 20th April 2025 Your CV, indicating your qualifications and research experience; A sample of your academic writing and/or a copy of your most recent thesis-length work; and A statement (no more than 500 words) outlining your suitability for the project.

📣 Fully-funded #PhD alert 📣

Join my excellent team at the Uni of Adelaide investigating authoritarian repression & blacklisting.

📍Adelaide, Australia
🎓 3.5 year project
💰AU$32,500 annual scholarship
⏰ Deadline 20th April 2025
✉️ Tim.legrand@adelaide.edu.au

Please share!

20.03.2025 01:02 — 👍 18    🔁 16    💬 1    📌 0
KSNR | Veranstaltung: ON-BOARDING FüR NEU-INTERESSIERTE – Kein Schritt nach rechts

Heute Abend findet unsere zweite #Onboarding -Veranstaltung statt.
Lernt uns kennen und macht mit.

keinschrittnachrechts.de/event/ksnr-e...

#KeinSchrittnachrechts #Heidelberg

19.03.2025 11:00 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Job alert!
Fully-funded PhD @facultyofartsug.bsky.social, with myself, @karimeltaki.bsky.social and @bherborth.bsky.social on post-imperial geopolitical imaginations in/of the Arab world.

Please help spread the word among interested candidates!

Full details here: karimeltaki.com/phd-position...

17.03.2025 13:37 — 👍 43    🔁 48    💬 1    📌 5
Advertisements | Heidelberg Academy of Humanities and Sciences

Call for Papers alert: Our polycrisis research team is organizing a workshop in December titled "Shifting Political Order(s) in the Polycrisis: Complexity and Challenges in Global, Regional, and Domestic Governance“. Deadline for paper abstracts is April 11: www.hadw-bw.de/en/young-aca...

17.03.2025 13:26 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Offener Brief anlässlich der Kleinen Anfrage der CDU/CSU-Fraktion zur politischen Neutralität staatlich geförderter Organisationen

Mit über 1.700 Wissenschaftler*innen wenden wir uns besorgt an die Unionsfraktion und die Öffentlichkeit. Gerade in diesen Zeiten braucht es eine starke demokratische Zivilgesellschaft, die nicht mit einem falsch verstandenen Neutralitätsgebot unter Druck gerät.

verfassungsblog.de/offener-brie...

04.03.2025 08:03 — 👍 967    🔁 341    💬 12    📌 10
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Lübcke-Witwe kritisiert Merz scharf – Habeck sieht Skandal bei der CDU Nach den umstrittenen Äußerungen von CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz zum Mord an Walter Lübcke hat sich die Witwe des Kasseler Politikers zu Wort gemeldet

"Die Aussage von Friedrich Merz am Samstag beim gemeinsamen Wahlkampfabschluss der CSU und CDU in München hat meine Familie und mich sehr befremdet und ich möchte sie so nicht stehen lassen.“

Das sagt Irmgard Braun-Lübcke, die Witwe von Walter Lübcke.

www.hna.de/kassel/witwe...

27.02.2025 05:40 — 👍 2779    🔁 739    💬 41    📌 17

Wenn der reichte Mann der Welt die europäische extreme Rechte offensiv fördert, darf unsere Reaktion nicht Rückzug ins Private lauten. Lasst uns jede/r eine oder mehrere zivilgesellschaftliche Initiativen herauszusuchen & diese regelmäßig supporten. Sei es durch Reichweite, Mitarbeit oder Spenden.🧵🪡

24.02.2025 16:33 — 👍 1708    🔁 512    💬 23    📌 17

Hoffnung fällt nicht vom Himmel.
Hoffnung ist harte Arbeit.
Heute, morgen, übermorgen.
Wir sind da. Und wir sind viele.

23.02.2025 21:14 — 👍 2220    🔁 345    💬 48    📌 9

Sehr lesenswert.
"Ich denke auch darüber nach, was es heisst: «an die Macht kommen», und ob die Macht der AfD nicht schon gross genug ist, gefährlich gross. Wann ist also der Augenblick zu gehen?"
tinyurl.com/yna2tn6t

17.02.2025 10:48 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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